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For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.

1 May God arise, may his enemies be scattered;may his foes flee before him.2 May you blow them away like smoke—as wax melts before the fire,may the wicked perish before God.3 But may the righteous be gladand rejoice before God;may they be happy and joyful.

4 Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,extol him who rides on the clouds[b];rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,is God in his holy dwelling.6 God sets the lonely in families,[c]he leads out the prisoners with singing;but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

7 When you, God, went out before your people,when you marched through the wilderness,[d]8 the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain,before God, the One of Sinai,before God, the God of Israel.9 You gave abundant showers, O God;you refreshed your weary inheritance.10 Your people settled in it,and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.

11 The Lord announces the word,and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:12 “Kings and armies flee in haste;the women at home divide the plunder.13 Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,[e]the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,its feathers with shining gold.”14 When the Almighty[f] scattered the kings in the land,it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.

15 Mount Bashan, majestic mountain,Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,16 why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,at the mountain where God chooses to reign,where the Lord himself will dwell forever?17 The chariots of God are tens of thousandsand thousands of thousands;the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.[g]18 When you ascended on high,you took many captives;you received gifts from people,even from[h] the rebellious—that you,[i]Lord God, might dwell there.

19 Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,who daily bears our burdens.20 Our God is a God who saves;from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.21 Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies,the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.22 The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan;I will bring them from the depths of the sea,23 that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”

24 Your procession, God, has come into view,the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.25 In front are the singers, after them the musicians;with them are the young women playing the timbrels.26 Praise God in the great congregation;praise the Lord in the assembly of Israel.27 There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them,there the great throng of Judah’s princes,and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.

28 Summon your power, God[j];show us your strength, our God, as you have done before.29 Because of your temple at Jerusalemkings will bring you gifts.30 Rebuke the beast among the reeds,the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations.Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.Scatter the nations who delight in war.31 Envoys will come from Egypt;Cush[k] will submit herself to God.

32 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,sing praise to the Lord,33 to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,who thunders with mighty voice.34 Proclaim the power of God,whose majesty is over Israel,whose power is in the heavens.35 You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary;the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.

For the director of music. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David.

1 Save me, O God,for the waters have come up to my neck.2 I sink in the miry depths,where there is no foothold.I have come into the deep waters;the floods engulf me.3 I am worn out calling for help;my throat is parched.My eyes fail,looking for my God.4 Those who hate me without reasonoutnumber the hairs of my head;many are my enemies without cause,those who seek to destroy me.I am forced to restorewhat I did not steal.

5 You, God, know my folly;my guilt is not hidden from you.

6 Lord, the Lord Almighty,may those who hope in younot be disgraced because of me;God of Israel,may those who seek younot be put to shame because of me.7 For I endure scorn for your sake,and shame covers my face.8 I am a foreigner to my own family,a stranger to my own mother’s children;9 for zeal for your house consumes me,and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.10 When I weep and fast,I must endure scorn;11 when I put on sackcloth,people make sport of me.12 Those who sit at the gate mock me,and I am the song of the drunkards.

13 But I pray to you, Lord,in the time of your favor;in your great love, O God,answer me with your sure salvation.14 Rescue me from the mire,do not let me sink;deliver me from those who hate me,from the deep waters.15 Do not let the floodwaters engulf meor the depths swallow me upor the pit close its mouth over me.

16 Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love;in your great mercy turn to me.17 Do not hide your face from your servant;answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.18 Come near and rescue me;deliver me because of my foes.

19 You know how I am scorned, disgraced and shamed;all my enemies are before you.20 Scorn has broken my heartand has left me helpless;I looked for sympathy, but there was none,for comforters, but I found none.21 They put gall in my foodand gave me vinegar for my thirst.

22 May the table set before them become a snare;may it become retribution and[m] a trap.23 May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,and their backs be bent forever.24 Pour out your wrath on them;let your fierce anger overtake them.25 May their place be deserted;let there be no one to dwell in their tents.26 For they persecute those you woundand talk about the pain of those you hurt.27 Charge them with crime upon crime;do not let them share in your salvation.28 May they be blotted out of the book of lifeand not be listed with the righteous.

29 But as for me, afflicted and in pain—may your salvation, God, protect me.

30 I will praise God’s name in songand glorify him with thanksgiving.31 This will please the Lord more than an ox,more than a bull with its horns and hooves.32 The poor will see and be glad—you who seek God, may your hearts live!33 The Lord hears the needyand does not despise his captive people.

34 Let heaven and earth praise him,the seas and all that move in them,35 for God will save Zionand rebuild the cities of Judah.Then people will settle there and possess it;36 the children of his servants will inherit it,and those who love his name will dwell there.

Life Through the Spirit

8 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you[a] free from the law of sin and death.3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh,[b] God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering.[c] And so he condemned sin in the flesh,4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.7 The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.8 Those who are in the realm of the flesh cannot please God.

9 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ.10 But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life[d] because of righteousness.11 And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of[e] his Spirit who lives in you.

12 Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obligation—but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.

14 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God.15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship.[f] And by him we cry, “Abba,[g] Father.”16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

Present Suffering and Future Glory

18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.19 For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed.20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope21 that[h] the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.